After rain forced TT organizers to shuffle its race schedule for several days, the 2019 Isle of Man TT finally resumed with Peter Hickman winning the second Supersport TT race. Hickman beat out Dean Harrison and James Hillier for his fourth career TT win and first in the 600cc Supersport category.

The race was shortened from four laps to two in order to fit it into a more compressed schedule, meaning pit strategies had to be tossed out in favor of a pure sprint twice around the Mountain Course. The good news was that the course was now mostly dry, with only a few slightly damp patches.

Hickman had the early lead at Glen Helen, but Hillier was just 0.06 seconds behind. In fact, the lead six riders were all within two and a half seconds at that waypoint.

Harrison took over the lead at Ballaugh, but Hickman regained the advantage when they wound through Ramsay. Hillier, meanwhile, was just slightly behind them in third.

By their second time through Glen Helen, Harrison had moved back into the lead over Hickman while the gap ahead of Hillier in third widened. Harrison and Hickman remained neck-and-neck the rest of the way, before Hickman finally gained an advantage, finishing 3.302 seconds faster than Harrison.

2019 Isle of Man TT: Supersport TT Race 2 Top Six Results
Pos.	Rider	Machine/Team	Time	Speed
1	Peter Hickman	Triumph/K2 Trooper Beer Triumph by Smiths Racing	35:27.780	127.671 mph
2	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki/Silicone Engineering	35:31.082	127.473 mph
3	James Hillier	Kawasaki/Quattro Plant Wicked Coatings	35:35.636	127.201 mph
4	Conor Cummins	Honda/Milenco by Padgett’s Motorcycles	35:44.231	126.692 mph
5	Jamie Coward	Yamaha/Prez Racing	35:48.778	126.423 mph
6	Michael Dunlop	Honda/MD Racing	36:10.408	125.164 mph

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Hickman Takes Fourth TT Win

Peter Hickman claimed his fourth TT Race victory at the Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy when he won Thursday’s two-lap Monster Energy Supersport TT Race, his first win in the 600cc category.

The Trooper Beer by Smiths Racing Triumph rider was locked in battle throughout the two laps with Dean Harrison (Silicone Engineering Kawasaki) but with his now customary charge over the Mountain on lap two, the Burton upon Trent rider edged to a win by 3.3s. James Hillier took third on the Quattro Plant Wicked Coatings Kawasaki.

Having originally been scheduled for 10.45am on Wednesday, the race, cut from four laps to two, eventually got underway at 12.55pm on Thursday and with dry conditions all round the Mountain Course, except for some sight damp patches at Laurel Bank, the Black Dub, Glen Helen, Kerromoar and Ramsey Hairpin, it was Hickman who led at Glen Helen on the opening lap.

However, his lead over Hillier was just 0.06s and it was close across the leaderboard with Harrison, Gary Johnson, Lee Johnston and Jamie Coward filling third to sixth place positions as just two and a half seconds covered the top six. Ian Hutchinson was in trouble though with the Honda Racing rider retiring at Quarter Bridge.

It was all change at Ballaugh as Harrison took over the lead from Hillier and Hickman with the trio separated by only half a second but by Ramsey Hickman moved back to the top of the leaderboard. The gap was only 0.038s as Hillier dropped back to third, one and a half seconds adrift of Harrison.

The trio remained close as they went up and over the Mountain for the first time but an opening lap of 127.21mph gave Hickman a 2.3s lead over Harrison with Hillier just under a second further back in third. Conor Cummins and Coward had moved up to fourth and fifth as Johnston slipped back to sixth.

With no pit stop on this occasion, the riders went on to their second and final lap but Harrison’s strength on the opening sector could again be seen as he turned his deficit into a half second advantage as the riders swept round the left hander at Glen Helen. It looked to be a two-horse race as well as Hillier was now three seconds in arrears of Hickman.

By Ballaugh, Hickman had edged ahead again but it remained extremely tight with Harrison only three tenths of a second behind. Hillier dropped another second but stayed in third over six seconds clear of Cummins as Coward and Johnson completed the top six.

As they arrived at Ramsey for the final time, the gap, amazingly, was almost exactly the same and, just like last year’s Senior race, it was all going to come down to the final run over the Mountain.

Through the Bungalow, Hickman had added another six tenths of a second to his lead and he’d increased it to 1.9s at Cronk ny Mona. Indeed, with the fastest lap of the race, 128.14mph, Hickman clinched victory by 3.302s for his first Supersport TT win.

Harrison had to settle for second with Hillier taking another 600cc podium in third as Cummins finished in a safe fourth. Coward took his best ever TT result in fifth ahead of Dunlop with Davey Todd also having his best ever TT finish in seventh. Gary Johnson, Lee Johnston and David Johnson rounded out the top ten.

Hickman’s victory saw him extend his lead at the top of the Joey Dunlop TT Championship to 13 points and he now leads the way on 66 from Harrison (53) and Hillier (49).

Coward took his third successive maximum haul of points in the race for the TT Privateers Championship and he’s moved onto 75 points ahead of Derek Sheils (47) and Paul Jordan (45) who took 12th and 11th respectively in today’s race.

Matt Stevenson was reported to be off at Greeba Castle and was treated at the scene for a wrist injury.

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